Thursday, January 2, 2014

A Word For 2014

It was a rough year. I could sit back, worried, watchful, waiting for another shoe to drop (seriously, how many shoeless feet does Life have?) as this new year springs forward.

I could, but I won't. I can't.

This year, I choose Joy. I choose to see a good thing in every day. I choose to let those other things, those grumbling, piercing, hurtful things fall away and in the their place, I choose a joyful moment to savor and treasure.

At my daughter's encouragement, yesterday we sat down and made our memory jars. Our goal is to write down one good thing, one dollop of joy, from every day this year. I said I wasn't sure I could find one thing to write about every day. Like today, for instance, the funeral of an old family friend: where is the joy in today?

It turns out it was eating tuna melts and apple slices for dinner with my daughter. It was holding my niece and amazing her with my mad drawing skills. It was opening a new book and getting sucked in with the very first line. It was a roll of new packing tape. It was brand new fluffy Christmas socks to warm my cold toes.

How fun..I started this a couple of years ago with a calendar. At the end of each day I wrote down one thing out of the day that made me smile. Some days it didn't seem that would be possible..but like you..I found there were a few..if I just took the time to look!

About Me

I'm a wife of 22 years to a Coastie turned tugboat Engineer, mom to a 20 year old son, an 18 year old daughter, two spoiled rotten beagles, and one darling dachshund pomeranian. I'm a book addict, a gardener with a light green thumb, a coffee junkie, and I could eat pizza every day of my life and be fat but happy!